Paper Mache & Washi Tape

Being that I'm hosting a Washi Tape Mania party, I wanted to do another quick project to inspire each of you.  I took a run to Michael's in hopes of finding the crafting tape that others have been posting about.  No luck.  Sometimes I hate asking for help, because 9 times out of 10 they tell me 'no' and minutes thereafter I find it.  Rolling eyes, right?  

This visit was no exception.  I asked.  They said, "No."  So, I kept strolling down all of the aisles until I stumbled upon some tissue tape by Jim Holtz idea-ology line.  Oh my goodness cute and it had a vintage flair.  Win-Win!!  This stuff is not cheap, but I justified it with a coupon {smile}.  So, let's grab our supplies and get this project started.

Supplies:  

Paper Mache boxes 

 Washi/Crafting/Tissue Tape 

and an Exacto knife.

We then start to wrap.  

You're going to wrap the tape from one side down

 and around to the other side and trim.

And you'll do this until you can't see your kraft colored box anymore.

So far, So easy.  Right? 

Once the bottom is covered, you can call it quits and fall in {love} with the 

mis-matched packaging as seen below --or-- you can move on to the lid.  

I had planned all along to do the entire box.

Alrighty then,  let's move on to the lid.  Soooo, you can do this one of two ways.  

Start by wrapping the tape around the lip/edging of the lid of the box as you can see 

below --or-- you can do the side to side taping first to cover the top.  Either way, 

you're going to have to do the lip/edging.  When you do it is completely up to you!

After you've placed your tape on the lip/edging, you'll want to make a slit in 

all four corners of the tape with your exacto knife (see below).

Then you'll press each flap over and down like so.   

I did the lip, then the side to side to cover the top of the box and another layer on the lip.  

I really liked how this tape layered.  However, everything is really a matter of preference 

to your specific project.  Isn't that great?  There's so much freedom in art and crafting.

Once you've folded over all four sides -- your box is done!

I quickly moved on to box number two. 

....and Voila!

Have you linked up your Washi projects yet?  

The party is open until Tuesday, April 17th.  

Link up {here}

 I'll be partying {here, here and here}. 
Have a super lovely weekend!  See you next week!

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